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JEWELRY SETTING. No. 416,677. v Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN HOLDEN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO TH FOWLERBROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

JEWELRY-SETTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,677, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed March 21, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WARREN HOLDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Stone Settings for Jewelry and Ornaments,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a setting made in one piece andadapted for as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents an edge View of a j ewelry-pin having a setting madeaccording to my improvement. Fig. 2 represents aview of the back of thesame. Fig. 3 represents a back view of a jewelry-pin of different formfrom that shown in Fig. 2. Fig.4 represents an edge-view of the pinshown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents an enlarged longitudinal section ofthe setting shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 represents an enlarged transversesection of the said setting, taken in the line w w of Fig. 2. Fig. 7represents an enlarged longitudinal section of the setting shown in Fig.4. Fig. 8 represents an enlarged transverse section of the said setting,taken in the line 00 so of Fig. 3.

In the accompanying drawings, A, Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 6, represents asetting adapted to hold the several ornamental stones at a a, which areof square section when out in the plane w w, Fig. 5, and which,.whenheld in the setting, may either touch each other at their adjacent edgesor be separated for a short distance, the said stones being providedwith an attaching portion or shank e, which has a parallel section ofthe same form but of less area than that of the section taken throughthe stone in the line w w. The set- Serial No. 304,194. (No modal.)

ting A is struck up in one piece with an upwardly-turned circumscribingrim 1) and with the raised ribs or partitions c c c, of less height thanthe rim B, and which serve to form, with the adjacent portions of therim, the pockets d (Z (Z, which are adapted to reoeive and fit theattaching-shank e of the stones at a, and the said stones may be securedin the said pockets by means of a piece of metal firmly attached to thestone and soldered to the metal plate of the setting, or by means ofcement, as heretofore in the manufacture of jewelry, the several pocketsformed by the surrounding rim 1) and the lower struck-up partitions aserving to locate the proper position for the attachment of the severalstones.

Another style of my improved stone setting is shown in Figs. 3, 4, 7,and 8,in which the setting-plate is struck up with a curved outline andhaving pockets d (1 cl", adapted to receive the attaching-shank'c oftheseveral stones, which are made of various shapes and sizes, thecentral stone a being made square, as in Fig. 2, the adjacent stones a ain crescent form, and the outer stones a a a with a circular sect-ion.

The setting-plate A can be cut away to form an opening, as shown at g g,Fig. 3, and in this case the partitions c, which separate the adjacentpockets d cl. and form the proper connections of the plate, will be madecomparatively narrow between the said open spaces 9 g.

I claim as my invention In an article of jewelry or ornament, thecombination, with the several stones provided with a contractedattaching-shank, of the setting having a continuous upwardlytur11edouter rim, and raised partitions which are lower than the rim and arestruck up from the back of the plate to form holding-pockets adapted tofit the shank of the stone, substantially as described.

WARREN HOLDEN.

